Why Genshin Impact is an Artistic and Technical Masterpiece | Asmongold Reacts

[@zcrappuccino6402]

I understand this is more focused on visual aspects but the soundtracks of this game contribute a lot to its artistic atmosphere.

[@Psycorde]

Fair to say that OST is as integral to game's atmosphere as John William's compositions to movies they're in

[@SargentGunnery]

good point, Sir

[@gilangignasraharjo6138]

fact

[@TwistedFate123]

There's a reason why HYV is memed as a music company

[@chironthecuddley6144]

Those battle themes especially for me.

[@Flupperz]

After being so resistant to the game, I just got into Genshin recently and the world itself is very beautiful and fun to explore. I've had a bunch of moments where you just stand back and admire the view.

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

I've been playing for two years and believe me, i still have such moments

[@sephroth201]

Those are the good parts of the game. Enjoy it while it last.

[@db1777]

Just don't let the gacha get you.

[@captaindanger13]

@@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp same. can't wait for the update next week so we can experience that even more.

[@thanhnguyenduc2867]

Don't you roll the gacha for any character till the next version or you reach Adventure Rank 40.

[@Calembunial]

It still gets me every time how you can charge up an arrow and fire it into the far distance, then quickly teleport in that direction and the game will still keep track that there's an arrow coming. There's videos of people landing hits from extremely far away like this.

[@frank8william]

you even get achievement for shooting so damn far and hit an enemy or eagle.

[@sera_venus]

thats how i got AR 60!

[@NeuralSensei]

As someone who plays Warframe absolutely nothing is original or surprising in Genshin. Arrows not disappearing is just a single variable. Gacha is really unfair monetization, I tried to play genshin for 3 days, already got bored.

[@frank8william]

@@NeuralSensei you play warframe, you don't get to talk

[@rhoem1353]

Ganyu snipe lovely site

[@inquisitor200]

Now, if he could only react to the behind the scenes of Inazuma and Sumeru music production. The OST is arguably the best part of the game.

[@kaycex1]

true but some sumeru ost are not that great tbh,

[@inquisitor200]

I'd like to disagree but everyone has their own opinion, so I respect yours. Sumeru OST has the best production out of all the regions and it's my favorite.But Inazuma is Yu Peng Chen's masterpiece.

[@shauryasuri3653]

@@kaycex1 sumeru had the best ost

[@LuckybestOMG]

@@kaycex1 thats until you walk into port ormos

[@xin0206]

@@kaycex1 i like sumeru's music the most actually!

[@imnphil4474]

The best "gaming moment" of my life was spending hours do a secret quest that took me up to the tallest mountain in the game, and when I looked around at how beautiful everything was, I forgot to loot the chest that was up there. God I fucking love Liyue.

[@Sacration]

True

[@Orioncopes]

Samee!! I even had my friend help me with it and it was fun!

[@AyakoHideko]

Fr! The music that accompanies the climbing also made the experience so much more enjoyable for me too! To this day, Above the Sea of Clouds still is, and probably will forever be, one of my absolute favorite soundtracks from this game 🥺💙 (Well... That and it's multiple variations xD)

[@wrioculus]

my best moment with genshin was that first moment you step outside the serpent's bowels in enkanomiya and see the dainichi mikoshi shining down on you. its been months since enka came out but it's still genuinely my favourite area in the entire game because of how breath-taking it was atmospherically.

[@Klexium]

@@wrioculus I just love underground aeras, they are amazing, the Chasm and Enka are absolutly Gorgeous

[@shauryasuri3653]

They didn't even show the newer areas and regions which look significantly better imo than the previous regions. Enkanomiya is breathtaking to look at especially when the artificial sun is on. The chasm also looks amazing. Not to mention the rainforest of sumeru and the underground labyrinth desert area

[@penaflorjeomaric5685]

You do realize the video he was reacting was 9 months ago? I guess not.

[@Choc_rush]

@@legacymse7095 I imagine this video took a while to make, since he also put research into what they researched. probably was scripted long before enkanomiya came out.

[@Lilia·Liuu]

Idk why, but genshin ads are so bad and "weebs gacha game" looking, you know the discrimination against weebs or anything related to them When people see the ads, they immediately think "oh, weeb game, ew", plus its bad reputation and hated community. Many people HATE genshin and its players because of that. Genshin is so well made to be compared to other gacha games, other games you literally pull for a PNG image with some effects. They dont deserve the hate like this

[@irium_pls]

@@Lilia·Liuu that's a hill I will die on - genshin ads are the worst, utterly pointless garbage that just deters people and doesn't do the game justice

[@Sorestlor]

Enkanomiya was truly amazing.

[@peterbabicki8252]

The music is incredible too. They use orchestras and musicians from all over the world. Hold concerts, release albums, and the music is a big feature of each content livestream.

[@kaycex1]

others gacha game also did the same tho, stop thinking genshin is the only one who did it 😂

[@peterbabicki8252]

@@kaycex1 What?

[@darrelltamba]

@@kaycex1 using instruments from around the world? No I don't think they did

[@kaycex1]

@@darrelltamba arknight, ff14, honkai at this point u copium about genshin that u forgot others game did like the same too

[@nullvoidpointer2364]

@@kaycex1 Did other gacha games also incorporated Fibonacci number units to their music?

[@Nasiruify]

I may not play Genshin and not at all but from what I’ve seen, The game looks truly impressive. If I were born in the 2000s with constant internet access I would’ve downloaded and played a lot. I was born in 1992 and Sadly here in Africa I had no idea what a WOW game was and internet access was a blessing, I only knew about it in 2000-2002 (that was when travelled on holiday)

[@DCminh-pe9wf]

@The Rotten💯 pov: you didn't actually play the game or know what the community is talking about

[@Qopa]

@therotten6152 I think you're the one being weird here and nobody really noticed that sht when they play the game. Not a single child-like character in Genshin, they don't take up the majority, are lewd in some way in the game. Only people like you would be so fixated on child-like characters to the point of believing that they're being sexualized somehow just because Genshin fans sexualized a lot of characters in Genshin. Like, If I'm straight, I ain't gonna fk dudes somehow. Same goes to players wanting to lewd mature characters over undeveloped ones. It's kinda weird when you're putting both normal perverted peeps together with the true lolicons.

[@gilangignasraharjo6138]

Hope things gets better there man...

[@eyyoholup]

@The Rotten💯 Characters are all children? You're saying ALL characters, even the obvious adults, look like children to you? SUS

[@liandoaethend2403]

@The Rotten💯 what kind of adults looks like children to you bruh💀

[@dsVektor]

I went into Genshin completely blind a few months ago. I didn't even know it was a gacha game or even what genre it was. I was pleasantly surprised at how polished it was. The mechanics are pretty deep, the world is gorgeous, the combat is smooth and satisfying. Exploration, while it can get repetitive, is kept fresh by unique combat encounters, the puzzle design and the world itself. I didn't care much for the story. This MC power fantasy isn't really my thing, but I can see the appeal. It's a genuinely great game on every level. Sucks that it's a gacha, but I do find F2P enjoyable enough.

[@sephroth201]

I agree with the other stuff but I wouldn't really say it has deep mechanics. You just need to press E and Q on every character 99% of the time.

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

I genuinely don't understand why yall are so pressed about gacha when it's not even complete random, you're sure you'll get the character you want if you saved up enough - literally just a matter of good timing and saving skills, all you "gamble" for is how much of your resources will be left after you finally get the char. Just always save up for the worst case scenario and you're fine. But it's the very thing that allows them to earn that much money to invest back into the game

[@alesthra]

MC isn't even most important thing in game. Everything in genshin is part of lore. Books, hangouts, character stories, events, side quests,weapon and artifact descriptions,item descriptions, enemy descriptions, even architecture tells the story. Not, just main archon quest. Even if you don't like main quest, there's lot of other things to explore and learn about world. Oh and let's not forget that upon leveling friendship level of characters you learn their story, their voice lines reveal their relation to other characters. Still, archon quest is fun. Finding sibling or being strongest is secondary objective in it. In first city you deal with dragon, in latest fighting corrupt scholars. Still as I said, there's lots of lore even outside archon quest/main quest.

[@sephroth201]

@@JimRaynor2001 Those might seem cool for new players. But in the end, its just 1EQ2EQ3EQ4EQ.

[@sephroth201]

@@JimRaynor2001 I dont think the developers intend to make a challenging game. So it's fine in its current state. But I won't really pretend it's a complicated game or has hardcore mechanics either. Those aren't really its label.

[@Masenken]

The soundtrack to this game absolutely fucking slaps. You'd do well to look up Alex Moukala's breakdown of some of the tracks. He straight up geeks out as he breaks down the techniques and arrangements used to put them together. Genshin is definitely a labor of love

[@connor.chan.jazzman]

Based Alex Moukala enjoyer

[@Masenken]

@@connor.chan.jazzman marcomeatball too

[@BelchingBeaver69]

LIAR

[@Masenken]

@@BelchingBeaver69 staring at Zhongli's butt again, I see

[@ShapeshifterOS]

The music in this game is amazing too. It perfectly blends eastern and western styles and instruments to create a one of a kind soundtrack. Each region is associated with a specific nation/region irl and has appropriate traditional instruments from those nations/regions.

[@itslegit7302]

35 yo man played WOW for like 16 years and gave up cuz I was sick of the BS of raid and dkp and sht, Genshin is my fav now, no pvp, no stress, most player interactions are very friendly and positive, no need to rush for anything or be online at a certain point of time, not to mention the beautiful graphics, wonderful music and awesome characters (both looking and story), man I am so glad I played this game. PS: I went to the same uni Mihoyo founders went, damn Im proud XD

[@Anna_96]

Very much agreed. Genshin is a perfect game for casual players and i honestly don’t recall the last time a game has grasped me as much as Genshin has. I attempted to play other games ever since i started Genshin in its launch week, but failed every time cause i only want to go back to Genshin lol. I also had to chuckle when he said mainly kids play this game. While there definitely is a large number of young people, in personal experience, most players i encounter are in their 20s. Genshin probably just has this reputation cause of its social media presence and that’s often where the teens are. Like, as a working-class adult i’m not gonna spend the little free time i have engaging in online drama over a video game i enjoy and it’s likely the same for countless other adult players lol.

[@Zero_Li24]

As an asian with Chinese blood, I wish was born and raised in China. I want to experience the culture of billions of people.

[@yangtsur]

Some might like realism art approach such as skyrim, fallout, red dead. But objectively, the cartoonish shading that genshin got is honestly the peak of this art style at the moment.

[@lum1notryc828]

How is it objective lol. Good graphics alone don't mean artstyle ofc, but a game can have un cartoonist graphics and still be amazing artistically. Nothing objective about preference

[@johnangelotenorio]

​@@pewpewpew1834 Most stylized art styles (i.e. Anime) age better than most bleeding-edge-realistic-graphics of the era. Wind Waker is best example of this. It was shat upon on it's release but now it's considered one of the best Zelda games visually.

[@autisonm]

I'd say Skyrim and Fallout 4 are semi-realistic but stylized.

[@BertMagurt]

Cel shading Makes games damn near timeless i.e. windwaker

[@xeacarons]

@@lum1notryc828 u're missing the point. They meant after time passes, super realistic games will lose their charm as they will become a norm; do u think games like uncharted, rdr etc graphics will be appreciated the same way in the future when such standards will be norm? Cartoonish games graphics can be ageless like people still appreciates old school zelda, final fantasy, chrono trigger while rdr 1 graphics is kinda shit upon

[@gazz3867]

Fun fact: In Germany we do have refrigerators, cars and running water. (the internal combustion engine and refrigerators were also invented here ;)) And... dammit. Now you made me wanna play this.

[@Psycorde]

It's free, just keep your wallet somewhere hard to reach Go with the flow, enjoy atmosphere and exploration, unless you find yourself not vibing with it I assure you, there's plenty to find. Game's setting is well thought out, filled with interesting stories and history. It may appear as a shallow anime bait for weeb coomers, which was my impression at first, but after giving it a shot I was proven wrong. With all that said, hot anime chicks are hot.

[@gilangignasraharjo6138]

play it casually, Genshin can burn you out if you play it optimally every single day... Just enjoy the story and game without trying too hard to be "the best" at it

[@OutdatedLeon]

Play it, but be mindful and not use the Gacha system unless you really want that character or weapon. You don't need to use the Gacha system to win anything in the game. You don't need to raise the world level to win the game. Just play it casually and have fun.

[@Warfoki]

As someone who's played Genshin a LOT: Hard whaling is utterly pointless. You CAN spend thousands of dollars on maxing out every upgrade on a single character, but there's no point whatsoever in doing so. There's no PVP, no ranking system, one single end game activity that you can clear completely F2P no problem, none of the storylines or exploration is locked behind a paywall and the game overall is rather easy and chill. Personally, I buy the $5 de-facto subscription (gives you some premium currency every day you log in for the next 30 days) and that's it. This puts me back $60 a year, and considering I play hundreds of hours, if not over a thousand a year, I consider that a good value for my money.

[@backpackpepelon3867]

Mondstadt gonna have huge upgrade later for its region. Probably with new pretty hype characters, Alice and Varka. Its going to be a lonnnng gaming session if you start playing later, I mean, this game got like 40gb already.

[@itsmesaiph]

I was at first a skeptic, but i played Genshin on day 1 it was released. It had a bit of a rocky start. Stellar, yes, but there were bumps here and there. There were times that I thought of quitting cause it had gacha, and i know a lot of people hate that mechanic. But the more updates it got, the better it got. People weren't comparing it to BOTW anymore. Some may still say it is cause lets be honest, the inspiration is there. But now you can truly see Genshin is a game of its own. And unlike other gacha games, you can really see where your money is going. Not that I was ever a big spender (i only get the monthly welkin which is just around 5 dollars). You see improvements in the game, you see amazing animations, amazing cutscenes, they even hired musicians that were specific for the inspiration of each region. They hired traditional Japanese musicians for Inazuma and did the same for Sumeru. And it was amazing. jump to the present, and yes, I'm still playing Genshin. And looking forward to Fontaine.

[@itsmesaiph]

@@legacymse7095 I saw the recent Fontaine character leaks and they are soooo good

[@NekoToChiru]

He should have mentioned the ost The battle themes, the environment themes are just beautiful and majestic They are all made by real orchestra that's why they contribute in making Genshin a masterpiece

[@dillon1440]

@@justjuniorjaw i mean music is a form of art

[@tinyred9710]

21:14 I believe these were all the characters at the time of that video, as since then we've got a new region (Sumeru) and new set of characters And we've got Fontaine coming up around August/September this year as well, as well as those characters 24:16 Oh man, wait till you see how deep the ingame lore goes 😂

[@recklesserves155]

@Potential Propaganda especially that most of it is behind world quests which isn't voiced

[@gilangignasraharjo6138]

It goes deep

[@haha9934]

Idk man the lore is so bad

[@backpackpepelon3867]

This game is like 40k tbh. The lore are very deep its impossible to venture deep into it without some source outside of the game.

[@randomcitizen1669]

@@haha9934 Why do you think Genshin's lore is bad?

[@anony_meows]

i think it's a shame that people close mindedly rejects genshin because they consider it a "weeb" game, solely judging from the anime art style. personally i'm apathy of any game's art style, i may even be leaning towards not liking anime just because it's not my preferred form of storytelling. yet here i am, been enjoying genshin for 2+ years, and my opinion still stands. still meh on animes, but i've been able to enjoy this game for some reason.

[@Psycorde]

Same here, I made that mistake because of naysayers sprouting misguided bs birthed by narrowmindedness.

[@peterbabicki8252]

It's the main reason I praise Genshin so much. I was so skeptical of the fanbase, culture and Gacha system that I didn't play it initially. One day, while bored, I decided to download it and give it a try, and felt stupid for not picking it up earlier. The game has many issues, and the Gacha system is definitely one of them, but it's also one of the best games I've played in years.

[@randomcitizen1669]

@@peterbabicki8252 Genshin Impact's success can be attributed to the inclusion of gacha mechanics, which allowed for the game's high production values and the investment in a fully-serialized anime series produced in collaboration with the renowned animation studio Ufotable. The money earned from gacha in Genshin Impact was used wisely to achieve such success.

[@peterbabicki8252]

@@randomcitizen1669 Genshin didn't start making money until it was released, and it was released as a good game _(or at least a popular and widely played game)_ There are so many other Gacha games out there. Countless Gacha games. What made this one so different?

[@anony_meows]

@@peterbabicki8252 i think it's a passion project that met with sizable funding and relatively good business front. judging from where the game's direction is going, the creative people really took reign in running this game. like all the business decisions are also good creative decision. not just something purely driven by profit only. the music is a good example of this. they could've just hire a laptop composer and an in house band to record all tracks, but they insist on splurging for international level orchestra collaborations, even producing concerts without any single ticket sale. ask any non-music non-gaming bizdev person, they'll say it's a horrible business direction. yet, this single move has paid the quite the result among the player base. people are vouching for this game, despite its predatory nature of the business model.

[@gilangignasraharjo6138]

It's refreshing to see an Asmon video about genshin that's not filled with just "Genshin bad because toxic comunity". The game itself is really goood

[@이영신-j8j]

TECTONE SHIT LOL

[@DramaticT]

Too bad it has the most toxic and predatory monetization system a game can have. Don't legitimize gacha garbage, nothing good will come from it.

[@patronizeee]

@@DramaticT unlike 99% of gacha games, you dont need to interact with Genshin’s gacha at all and you can still easily beat basically all of the content there is.

[@DramaticT]

@@AndresLionheart They constently bait you with these characters that you can't have unless you pay. I would not say a bad thing if you could just buy these characters outright, the devs deserve to earn a paycheck. But gacha in its essence preys upon the pszchologically vulnerable with their undisclosed gambling rates and they will happily bleed you dry if you let them. Of course this is not only Genshin, but Genshin is the biggest and most popular game in this genre of gambling, and out of principle alone, I can not tolerate this. Just because you can "technically" play for free does not excuse championing this predatory trash in every online space you permeate. Every person you recommend the game to runs a risk of bankrupting themselves should they run victim to Mihoyo's manipulation. A wolf clad in sheep's wool is still a wolf.

[@AyakoHideko]

@@AndresLionheart Yes! Thank you for explaining this! I'm so sick of ppl complaining that the only way players could get characters is to "buy" them, which is very much just false for a lot of the player base since most of us play Genshin and approach the gacha system with a budgeting mindset. (Even though I can also see where these people are coming from) People who could afford to "buy" those characters *will* buy those characters. I have a lot of well off friends who could afford to do that, and there are those who simply could not afford to wait and budget like we do for characters (like streamers who CAN drop the money for the characters as a business expense). Yet it's important to point out that they're not the majority here. Literally in my friend group of around 10 people I know who play the game, only 1 of them is someone who constantly drops money for characters, and 1 who would infrequently spend depending on how much they want it, otherwise he budgets and spends minimally like the rest of us do. It's so ironic to me how so many people chastise Genshin's gacha system, when for me and a lot of other players, it's taught us financial discipline and responsibility if anything. The limitations and mechanics of their gacha allows people to either understand what they're going in for, or how they can get around it for what they want. And the other irony is that Genshin's gacha system is one of the ones that are more forgiving and transparent too. It just gets so much flack because the game has grown so big and mainstream that it has involuntarily become the face of "gacha games." And some of the ones with the worst rates are just laughed off now for how ridiculous they are that the mainstream haters cant even touch them due to their meme status and obscurity. As someone who loves the game for what it is, it is a bit annoying, but as someone who also hates the vitriolic mainstream community that has grown around it... Lmaooo classic Genshin L. I cant and wont speak for everyone who plays, but it has to be stated as well that not everyone here is incapable of financial responsibility. And honestly, if anything, some of us here have also adopted the mindset of learning to mind our own business as well when it comes to allowing ppl to spend their money however much they like, and to normalize checking in on your friends and interfering once you harbor concerns. It's the environment of judgement and hostility that often denies someone who is actually suffering from gambling addiction to try and reach out, so it's nice to see that this game has at least generated discussions on destigmatizing addiction in general.

[@murmuratingmemories]

Tried it, not my style, but I absolutely respect it.

[@marksayosmejia7251]

Same. Well i play anime games like atelier, god eater. So im just turned off when i hear the game has gacha. I hate genshit wih a passion but i can agree with the fans to like the ost, world building. Graphics, art style. It is such a shame this is gacha. Edit: no iwont play gachas. Im done. I only spent 30usd on granblue, reached skyfarer lvl 70. Got to commander lvl 100 on azur lane. Im done with gacha. even the atelier ryza collab with azur lane did not tempt me to play al again.

[@1millionRamen]

@@marksayosmejia7251 u can play as free to play but still have strong chars.

[@XEROXAYUKI]

​@@marksayosmejia7251 I dont play it for gacha anymore. I play it because the story is so good and has a cliff hanger.

[@Shiivzznb]

​@@marksayosmejia7251 could not complete bombing mission on AC7 in time. Even with top gun theme on 😂😂

[@Swagbastian]

I don't respect it. It's just another gachashit game that looks prettier than the rest and plays like an actual game.

[@zeromailss]

The video creator is a designer so I can understand why he focuses so much on the visual aspect and the character design but man, I wish he at least mentions about the music I listen to a wide range of music genres from Rock, pop, metal, Vocaloid, and even classical music and I have to say Genshin OST is up there as one of the best of all time. I fucking love how they mix traditional instruments from different regions of the world with classical orchestras and modern electronic and synth. That is what I consider as truly an Artistic and Technical Masterpiece if Genshin. Oh and I heard they spent upward of $50-100m for the music for the past 3 years and it was well worth it

[@aglis_]

Alex Moukala does good videos for Genshin soundtracks on top of other famous games.

[@phantafalconpunch]

As someone who's played Genshin from day 1, I cannot wait until Asmon gets to experience this game. I came to the game for it's cute girls and it's surface appeal, but I stayed for some genuinely great and really well written characters like Raiden, Zhongli, Nahida, Eula, Shenhe, Venti, Kazuha, and more. It's a truly immersive and great experience and I am so excited for someone else to join us all on the journey

[@franklinfernandes5593]

Oh man... Asmongold will *hate* Paimon with a burning passion

[@77SBCR]

@@franklinfernandes5593 and the fact that without spending $ you dont progress, or at least dont have acces to all characters

[@Heyo724]

@@77SBCR as a f2p player, it's not that hard to get the characters you want, hell I got raiden from grinding for two days, I just skip the characters I don't like/want

[@phantafalconpunch]

@@Heyo724 same, I did that with Ganyu. Got her in about a week lol

[@Heyo724]

@@phantafalconpunch fax, I fucking love shenhe, but I HAVE to skip because I need a cryo DPS, so after I get ayaka imma start saving up for shenhes re run

[@WapowGaming]

Genshin has some flaws from time to time. But it never disappoints with the Scenery and Soundtrack. Can't wait for his honest opinion when already playing.

[@nazmaniangamer]

I really can't wait for Asmon to play this game and see his reactions as he goes through the story...

[@SmoothAsFelt]

Flashbacks to FF14 lol

[@Doshidar]

@@SmoothAsFelt i think game having english dub at least for main story quests is gonna contribute a lot to him not skipping stuff.

[@janandreas231]

Is the story good?

[@TheRealOtakuEdits]

@@janandreas231 the main story line is alright. Mostly average anime level writing from scene to scene but the lore is pretty deep and the climaxes with cinematic cutscenes are epic.

[@Aiden-iy9du]

​@@DoshidarI dont think he ever skipped dialogue in 14, I actually remember him really taking his time with the dialogues, am I wrong?

[@sonlen796]

The craziest thing about this video is that there is SO much he didn't cover either because he didn't want to make an hour long video or because it wasn't out yet. Boss arenas/design, Kokomi's island, Enkanomiya, Dragonspine, the Golden Apple Archipelago, the Chasm, Sumeru in general.

[@akirayomashi1979]

The door opening up to Enkanomiya proper was definitely what came to mind when the video was talking about those "wow moments".

[@Flamesnake1991]

I live in Germany , and to a reference 8:50 places like this are super common , especially in the south of Germany where I spend 15 years of my life. The have blazing fast internet. Filled supermarkets local shops. Super clean mountain water as tap water ecc. Don't forget that Germany may look ancient to some from US but in reality they are 100 years ahead. In the us they still live in wooden homes lol😂

[@0685ukoM]

Least nationalistic german vs least nationalistic american would be an utter dickriding competition jfc..

[@jaeusa160]

I visited a literal 1km long town in Slovakia whose only commercial structure was 1 pub shared with its neighboring 1km long town, and they had functional internet back in 2000. Technology gets around.

[@lewsee5562]

"The have blazing fast internet." Wait, isn't Germany known for having shit internet? Lmao

[@lynxk9372]

@@pewpewpew1834 you are high How is it more sustanable than a fucking clay brick?

[@SnakeTGK]

The impressive part is to achieve that with minimal bugs, good performance and full cross play on ps4 / ps5 / pc and mobile with a frenetic 6 week content update.

[@earn6890]

@@azorailke6057 Which is crazy to me I keep forgetting they are "Indie" company

[@eyyoholup]

@@earn6890 Considering they're still a private company with no outside investors other than the founders and only publish games they themselves develop so far. Yea i think they 'technically' count as an 'indie' company.

[@AzureDrag0n1]

The almost no bugs part impressed me with such frequent updates. Compare that to Warframe. One of the biggest reasons I dropped Warframe was the constant bugs.

[@zhongtcheng3407]

@@eyyoholup They actually have 1 outside investor called Sky Mobi holding 15% of the stake since Honkai era. But yeah, it's still minor so technically they hold zero power over Hoyo.

[@eyyoholup]

@@zhongtcheng3407 Oh? Didn't know about that.

[@ThePeteralonzo83]

Now he has to react to all of the character demo trailers

[@zarlev9083]

it would be better to see them first ingame, then see their trailer/demo

[@Psycorde]

@@zarlev9083 no no, that's how we get him to play, he won't be able to resist the charm

[@lancelotdulac377]

The fact that they accomplish all of that with Unity is just insane, I m currently making some games for university project in unity and is just too difficult to do anything in that engine, it only makes me enjoy more the game

[@ThePhil-Osopher]

Tbf they have modified the unity engine for their purposes. Mihoyo has build custom tools and modified the source code I believe for unity.

[@homelessperson5455]

Unity is a good engine, you just need to know how to utilize it correctly.

[@solitaryenjoyer411]

what really? I thought they made their own engine

[@lancelotdulac377]

@@homelessperson5455 Unity is a good engine but is too much restrictive, that was my point, obviously is difficult for me since Im learning it, that was just my point

[@lancelotdulac377]

@@ThePhil-Osopher Yes but at the end is unity the base of all of that

[@betobarbero3642]

My problem with the brand is the names they choose, Mihoyo in Spanish literally means "My hole" and Hoyoverse doesn't help, it's like "universe of holes", whenerver I have to clarify something with my bank they just laugh at me in my country.

[@peterbabicki8252]

That's actually hilarious.

[@ACoraX]

poor guy, imagine spending money on YourHole or checking the news on HoleLab or liking a post from the universe of holes. That's some indirect Trypophobia right there LULW

[@ChiiSiAn]

you made my day, have a good one

[@DerekEu_Dev]

I won't even be surprised if they knew and still go with it since they were cultured lmao

[@mono8476]

no offense but this sounds like americans who complain about korean singers using the word naega (you)

[@flutura2769]

Honestly as someone that plays a lot of different games Genshin is one of the best one's I've ever played constantly for over a year. It's just one of a kind. Beautiful scenery and graphics, fitting soundtracks, engaging gameplay and concepts. What kinda drove me away at the end was that it just became a grind for being able to whish for characters. If you played long enough it just got boring. I used to roam the open world a lot but after some time I just had seen it all, got a bunch of different characters and did all the quest. Also the quests and story line was tedious for me personally. You can not skip it if you only want to play for the graphics and in order to unlock regions or characters you had to sit through hours and hours of boring storyline and quests. A lot of people like it but also a lot of people don't (like me) and there was no option to avoid it. After half a year I tried playing it again but everything was just locked behind quests and as a returning player that wanted to explore new regions and gameplay it's so much time investment to get to that point which I wasn't willing to do even if this game itself is awesome. That's just my personal take and a lot of people probably see it differently

[@joerendar]

One of the best things about this game is without a doubt the banging soundtrack. You can find tons of classical musicians/producers reacting to the music and it blows their mind when they break down what goes on in the theme and song creation. It's pretty bonkers but again, that's what you can get with 100 million dollars a year. Mihoyo isn't afraid to spend the money and make it great.

[@ozzcoremidmx8287]

Genshin Impact is beautifully made, Mondstadt land looks a lot like Breath of the Wild and it may be a bit discouraging for some people, however once you reach Liyue you see how different and beautiful the game is and the Soundtrack contributes a lot for it, Sumeru is peak design in artstyle and I am still astonished this game can run in a smartphone. However my problem with the game is about how rewarding it is, at the beginning you can get primos easily with a lot of content, once you finish it, there are not many things to do, plus of that Hoyoverse has become very lazy with the event rewards, they use to give us gliders, primos, items and even card names, nowadays the only way to get some are for buying the premium BP, an achievement section at 100% or by having a lvl 10 friendship with a character. And gliders... well... Once every region... Hope they change that soon

[@ben-taobeneton3945]

I'm so happy he watched this video. It gave me so much joy seeing him stunned of the game's are and quality. Can't for him to play 🙏

[@joelthief]

I wanna see him react to the combat mechanics of the game.

[@spieuer8942]

I believe it's called "play the fucking game."

[@flyingcow5235]

honestly, genhin's story, animation, music and visuals are really good but the combat isn't that great. genshin's combat had a lot of potention considering how good honkai's combat is, but mihoyo said no for some reason

[@leaderboard354]

@@flyingcow5235 it’s a cool concept but the combat is just too fucking easy to the point where it’s not fun/rewarding

[@Hiniature626]

Mechanics?

[@salceds]

@@blkwng The elemental system, reaction ICD and character kits: byeee

[@networkable6476]

A "masterpiece" is only considered a "masterpiece" when many people agree on it. In general I believe it is better to have more of an artistic style than realism in games as, when time goes on, and hardware gets better, the worse that "realistic" graphics will look; compared to newer generation "realistic" graphics

[@lostmapp]

would millions suffice as "many"

[@nakhart]

I never knew GRAPHICS and ART are the same lul

[@nom6758]

@@lostmapp and the millions more that disagree? or the millions that play it and also disagree?

[@raulmaltrain6893]

@@nom6758 we can see by the amount of money it makes, that there are millions more players that like the game than not. a lot of the negativity is for ppl that just go "hur dur gacha is bad" without playing the game and realizing that it's mostly an RPG with good story, AMAZING music/locations, interesting combat mechanics, team building, etc... and it gets major patches every 5/6 weeks which is an outstanding schedule. it has downsides, just like any game does of course, but you don't need to spend money to get a decent sized roster. heck, most of the 4* units have been given for free at some point in time. and the model it has to keep players is very simple, log in for 6 mins, do dailies, spend energy, log out, when you have time do the current event (usually minigames/trials/etc...), repeat. which takes very little time everyday. Genshin is a masterpiece, but it's anime so ppl will disregard it because bias.

[@ACoraX]

it depends.. a masterpiece cannot be defined by graphics only. you gotta take in consideration cyberpunk of example. Even if it didn't had any bugs, the requirements to play the game are too high for the average folk, especially taking in consideration that most of the kids under 17 nowadays are more inclined towards switch or console. Most successful games should look somewhere around mediocre with a really good narrative, story and mechanics, and also support at least 60 fps. lul

[@StylizedStation]

thanks for reacting to my video ❤

[@kazukinowa]

I REALLY just wish more hard lategame fights are introduced, but it most likely wont and they're just gonna scratch that itch for me in their other upcoming games.

[@AzureDrag0n1]

Yeah, the only hard content this game has is self imposed like solo Raiden or solo 36 star Spiral Abyss. Doing that though takes away from the fun game mechanics it has.

[@Syzenal]

I play the game now for the team building and combat. It is EXTREMELY polished and satisfying. It’s really fun to create synergistic teams that all compliment each other. And when you finally finish a build.. it’s addictive as hell.

[@StylesIRL]

Apparently these are the Genshin Impact demographics as per SensorTower. 55% male 45% female 27% are under 25 with an average age of 35.

[@TumblinWeeds]

Nah that’s cap bro, I bet the kids are just using their parents id

[@fafner1185]

Can't wait for Asmon to play this, will follow the whole way LOL

[@ThePeteralonzo83]

I doubt that he makes it half way, tbh Genshin's story is not that good

[@kaycex1]

@@ThePeteralonzo83 agree genshin story are just like any other anime story > brother want to search his sister(typical shonen plot) >stop at each nation and each of them has conflict (one piece plot) >we as mc gain new power for each nation >have villain org that want to destory the world (again cliche plot) people yapping about how great genshin story is like they nvr watch a single anime b4 lmao

[@handukhansum8393]

@@kaycex1 yeah but who is the villain? Fatui? Gods? The decenders? Or Dain?

[@peterbabicki8252]

@@handukhansum8393 At this point I'd say Celestia, but I think it goes deeper than that. Looking forward to learning more about the Descenders.

[@kaycex1]

@@handukhansum8393 fatui is the “villain” also “abys ordered” are u even playing the game?

[@utodbz]

What I love about genshin is their ability to put in new content every month.

[@danilakalinin6261]

It's because unlike some companies that lay off workers in record revenue year to increase CEO bonus, mihoyo reinvests profit into team. Its about 1500+ ppl working on game now for really good salary. They just produce absurd amount of quality content

[@kklap3219]

New content yet theres still no endgame content. Wowzers.

[@zhongtcheng3407]

@@kklap3219 That's the point. Endgame doesn't print money.

[@xLuis89x]

@@JimRaynor2001 in simpler terms, something to do that isn't just log in to do dailies and use up resin in repetitive domains , it doesnt mean the game has "ended" but its something to do when you are an "endgame" player, also known as a player who has been playing the game for a long time

[@chihaotran1568]

@@kklap3219 And they still make millions :)))) I like that they don't have real end game

[@Calembunial]

Kinda worried how Asmon said he was gonna "play through the whole story". He said that's what he would do with FFXIV, but I feel like that's what made him quit. The story is HUGE - too huge to just rush through the way he did. It's no wonder he got burnt out. It's the same with Genshin's story. People underestimate just how big it is, because it's not just the main story. You have character stories as well. I just hope he sticks through it enough to get to the later stages.

[@taorroarcano7626]

My biggest wow moment on was on dark soul 3 when you exist the catacombs and see irethil of the boreal valley for the first, beat artistic atmosphere imo

[@benperry593]

Genshin goes hard with lore. There's several good channels that go really deep into everything that's going on in the game. This is the first game in 20 years that I've actually gotten into the story and I can't wait for you to try it out.

[@zekkhen4862]

Yeah, the lore is great in this game. Though, they're wasted on the mediocre story writing so far. But that said, it's been seeing improvements since the Chasm. Perhaps there's something to look forward to in Fontaine

[@PropheticREVOlution]

As a person who’s favorite Genre of games is soulslike among other Fantasy RPGs. I never thought I’d fall in love with Genshin. I literately only downloaded it because I was bored and it was free. Now here I am playing Genshin daily and pulling for any of the waifus and husbandos I find appealing

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

Gigachad move. Glad you're enjoying

[@HexCypherr]

I think genshin is genuinely the next wow in terms of longevity. The game is a framework it can be expanded upon endlessly and the art style will age wonderfully. Through that on top of fairly repeatable content for beginners to play through then entire game again and you have the keys to a game that can last decades. They obviously don’t have the advantage of it being an mmo but they do have a community and because of this also they can add much more content and are free to make broken shit

[@ACoraX]

you know why the game has longevity nowadays ? because people don't actually play it! If you actually take the time and invest between 20 - 30 hours per week in this game you'll find yourself in 1 and a half months in the late game where every player cries that the content is dry. Where I'm getting at is they don't want you to actually play the game but play little by little and progress slower than a snail. That way, if you don't collect chests and do commissions or abyss every single possible time and a character that you want releases you don't have any choice but to spend money or suck it up and believe me , most people that play the game like this NEVER suck it up and get over it. They almost always pull out the credit card. Morale of all of this shit that I wrote is that the most effective way to play the game (and also get every other character) in my opinion is to buy the blessing and actually play the game 30 hours a week. And also to learn some self control, that's the most important part. (Casual players will never do this btw , they rather pay for shit or cry they don't have shit bcs they don't play enough)

[@ACoraX]

@@jhkuroski so you do resin/commisions every day for 15min then 30m every 15 days and random events that range from 10m to 1h of gameplay. And you call this end game? I may exaggerate with this take but I really want mobs in the world that can one-shot you without reactions or some type of effect that kills your entire party besides drowning. And when it comes to repeatable content taking the easy route, why not just respawn some chests or add more side quests in the regions that we already completed? You know why? Cause I do! Fkin storage space for mobile plebs. That's why we get permanent content so "often".

[@Mithguar]

@@jhkuroski And for some people who like building houses etc there is also Serenitea pot and whole housing system. Not everyone cup of tea(wink,wink) but it is content you can spend lot of time farming.

[@ACoraX]

@@flytelp pvp would be nice but not literally a player damaging another but pvp events like pvp leyline defence or races etc. there's a lot of ideeas that don't include literally slashing other players but will they ever implement pseudo pvp like this? Maybe.. but if will have no rewards just like TCG which is boring af for that single fact. Ranked shit is too popular nowadays not to abuse it

[@AiGreyrat]

​@@ACoraXpvp? Bro is gonna get demolished by whales💀 not even fair

[@spacejunk2186]

The composer for Genshin is a fucking god.

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

Yu Peng Chen is a genius

[@DoeboyFreshNESS]

It honestly gets so so so much deeper into details as far as music and lore. This video only barely scrapes the surface

[@entiqqq]

Watching the 3.0 and 3.1 Livestream will bring better details in how they do their art since its the devs themselves talking about it. And for the OST, the documentation in the development of Sumeru and Inazuma music in the Genshin yt channel will provide good explanation

[@atikurrahman9304]

The animation was incredible. Music on point. The story was fantastic. I still get tempted to dip back in from time to time, but I just don't have the time.

[@the1onlynoob]

Quality is quality, time and effort will show, doesnt matter the presentation.

[@strictly2755]

If he thinks the art production goes deep, he should see the lore 💀

[@wes0112]

beside from Artistic and Technical Masterpiece, 60% from the money they spend on is to the bug fixers, i heard they didn't just get a budget friendly bug fixers, they hired a high salary bug fixers. i know coz the last time i remember there's a game breaking bug, they fixed it in just a week.

[@LagunaLeonhart]

As someone who's played for like 18 months I love Genshin for the scenery and the music. Like Zelda, you can go almost anywhere which is fantastic. The story is padded with a lot of unnecessary, but mostly optional dialogue. All of the main story is voice acted but there are still some padded quests that are also voiced. The overarching plot is pretty great and mysterious. Some of the characters are designed really well and the new elements reinvigorate old unused characters as time goes on so you aren't left with a load of bad characters nobody plays like a lot of gacha games. For me personally though it's the ambience and atmosphere. Sometimes I visit old locations and leave the playstation on, or I listen to KZbin videos of the music in an area while I sleep on long journeys.

[@nicoinformatics]

I don't play Genshin, but I would have to agree with what Asmon said here, Gensin has to be a masterpiece for what it is. A lot of people just don't seem to grasp the concept of what a 'masterpiece' is. Your opinion is irrelevant regarding this, mine is also irrelevant. People kept saying "meh, it's because it's a weeb waifu gatcha game", these type of comments are really stupid, do people like you realize how many "weeb waifu gacha games" are out there? right now? at this moment in time? hundreds, if not thousands, why aren't all of them masterpieces then? why is only Genshin being among one of the most played game in the world for the past 5 years? Masterpieces aren't a subjective thing. The monalisa being one of the most expensive masterpiece of all time isn't because some "expert" judge it to be a masterpiece, it's because the hype built around it and the eventually the demand for it that caused it to be valued that high that there's no other option aside from the painting being anything else other than a masterpiece.

[@KategariYami]

There's are reasons why the Raiden Shogun (character in the thumbnail) consistently has the most money spent on her banners when she came out and when she had her reruns. And that people continue to be more than willing to put down serious cash to get her in some way shape or form.

[@zarlev9083]

Not only that, its a character with whom you can acces her max potential easier then other, her needing just C3 or even C2 meanwhile others potential being at C4 or C6

[@slayzet4293]

i started genshin like a week or two ago and mihoyo blessed me with Raiden Shogun very early on when i was like AR10 or so. It felt like i had affairs with Goddess of Luck. Also she is blessing and a curse for me because the damn purple and yellow slimes are everywhere and all of my dmg comes from Raiden :/

[@Alustar22]

@@zarlev9083 i don't think that's exactly why Raiden was as highly sought after. First, max potential of any character won't be realized to you max out their constellations, that's the point of maximum potential. You aren't going to get the most out of a character till they are capped in all areas. Second, the reason she was sought after was due to her being one of the few characters that can operate as support for any element, as well as the main damage component for a team. As support, you don't necessarily need a battery character to prop up your main damage dealer, and that's on top of her passive buffs to the party. She's not a character that's "easier to get maximum effectiveness." That's just patently false. She's a great character because her average benchmarks at base are better then most alternatives, and takes less investment.

[@zarlev9083]

@@Alustar22 Raiden's C2 C3, has way more effect compared to, C4 C5 C6, the bonus it gives is nearly not seable with C6, thats what i meant xD, and yea, i main reason might be the utility of raiden and thats why people would want it, but sure as sh1t cons have some part in that

[@AsunaVT]

@@Alustar22 dont forget she is the first archon we fight, and is quite badass - oh and never forget, Raiden Shogun / Ei is inspired by Raiden Mei from Honkai... Honkai fans love Mei, and Raiden Shogun looks a lot like her. Around the time of Raiden Shogun's release, Mei was the main protagonist of Honkai's newest chapters too^^

[@rhaizenshogun]

I can't wait for the eventual Genshin stream. I'm betting it will clear up some preconceived opinions about the game from the general gaming community.

[@Zolwiol]

When it comes to character writing Mihoyo's 'previous' game is something else as well. Honkai Impact 3rd is insanely good story that focuses on tight character cast that evolves over time. Why not as popular? Started out as mobile only game in 2016 for example. Getting global server 2 years later. As you've seen in history of Mihoyo they had 7 permanent employees when they originally released HI3.

[@Zolwiol]

Whatever you call their games you can't call them disrespectful to the mythologies and stories they adapt.

[@thanhnguyenduc2867]

Im an day one Genshin player,by that day i only see The company just release thier new game and i download it right away. And after over 2 years,they still prove me that they gonna make me interest enough to jump to the game and so rarely got burnt out or get tired of the game. F all that shenanigans about "they copying Zelda"..blablabla.. but i damn,Zelda? I don't give a flying f about Zelda and Nintendo milking the game campaign. I enjoy the game that give me the free enough that i don't need to change the platform to play and also i can play at any platform like PC,PS,mobile..

[@KingJerbear]

So strange to me how many people despise this game without ever trying it. I've never watched an anime in my life, and the world and characters are just amazing. Some stuff is a little cheesy, and a few characters (namely Paimon) can be quite obnoxious, but it's a unique take on action combat and has a world and story that is definitely worth exploring. The music on it's own is absolutely top tier, but when you add all the other elements it truly makes for a pretty fantastic experience. Even if the game is not your style there is still a lot to be appreciated... namely the fact they've been able to make it so stable on so many different platforms while remaining Free to play.

[@evilmiyoho6742]

It's not unique, it's not good. You just haven't played other games from the same genre.

[@fkafka5024]

Instead of genshin dramas, I think it would be more interesting to watch stuff like this, or even sumeru concert.

[@sundalosketch4769]

As a genshin enjoyer, i like watching people who are either on the fence or absolutely engrossed in the game without knowing much about it. I love that anybody can appreciate and acknowledge the beauty and the huge amount of work that goes into this one game of Hoyoverse from its visuals to its music, and its story and lore.

[@DanaOtken]

The mountain is called Dragonspine, it's a place of atypical climate (Mondstadt is has unnaturally temperate for its latitude, which is commented on and explained in-game, but Dragonspine is special for unrelated reasons) and it is in fact possible to climb to the top... or even above its top. I've been there, taken the screenshots, and seen how far away I can glide from up there. That said, for a long time Dragonspine will be the most dangerous place you can easily wander into and there are multiple environmental obstacles between you and that peak that won't be quick to get past. The (international) Adventurer's Guild has a camp on a road near the base where they'll warn you about what they know of, but there are things they don't yet know as well. One element the video didn't dwell on for Inazuma's visual design is the weather. Both due to its naturally being a set of islands and for less natural reasons which will make sense in context, the weather in most parts is extremely volatile compared to the rest of the world. Populated regions still tend to stay dry enough to avoid the need to show water running down all those hard surfaces and forming little streams and pools, but elsewhere it ranges from "clear and sunny to making you glad you're not really there in under half a minute" to just perpetually terrifying. Oh, the bit about "Ganyu's ass" - like the rest of Max0r's video, it's about thirty percent accurate. A monster did choke to death trying to eat her, but it wasn't due to her ass... and most importantly, she wasn't in a humanoid form at the time (as you could guess from the horns, she's among the host of the less-than-mortals who back in the terrifying old days united under the god of Geo to stablize the land enough for human civilization to develop in that region; these days most of the "adepti" who constantly interact with humans choose to pass to varying degrees for convenience's sake). All that said, she's still a bit sensitive about her weight. Technically there are in fact characters who qualify as "big, hairy muscle-y men", but none have names we know or are likely to be playable soon outside of the context of an in-universe collectible card game. And the story there's a bit sad.

[@ovinophile]

I’m excited to see Asmon play Genshin, but if he pulls a Sumeru or Inazuma character first thing it’s going to be pretty brutal when he can’t get their leveling materials without rushing the story or hiking his ass to the desert early on.

[@anthonyputra2756]

Wait till he discover almost half of genshin player is female

[@0685ukoM]

Who are chronically living on twitter

[@duhotatoday3277]

Getting attention of girls who play Genshin is the last thing Asmon wants (but that would give us some S-tier content) It's like throwing yourself into the most brain-dead depths of Twitter.

[@oh-noe]

yeah I've interacted with more girls in this game than I have in any other online games I've played. There is a bunch

[@poragami7493]

Genshin Impact is truly a masterpiece of a game. The soundtrack is beautiful, the visuals are clean, the mechanics and combat are really good. There's not much to hate about the game, you can even play completely without spending a single dollar in the game, just like Enviosity(a streamer) or Mtashed, who doesn't pay for anything in the game but are up to date with the characters, because they just play a fuck ton.

[@emiliouchila]

You just gave it it away. You have to be a streamer who plays everyday to be up to day on character. Concluding that this is just a pachinko machine with impressive visuals.

[@spieuer8942]

@@emiliouchila > a streamer who plays everyday to be up to day on character. There is a "speedrun" category in genshin about how fast you can clear the hardest difficulty content as f2p on new account. It's 1 week, if you know what you doing.

[@gladiusbladeofthenorth9939]

@@emiliouchila is this an attempt of a gotcha moment or something?you're really not smart for trying to do it little buddy

[@emiliouchila]

@@spieuer8942 yea because everyone single person who plays the game is a speed runner. Are you familiar with the concept of exceptions don’t make the rule?

[@poragami7493]

@@emiliouchila I'm not playing everyday and i'm up to date?

[@kookie2172]

As a person from Sea, i was lookong forward to sumeru from genshin since the game released. And when it came out, it made me wanna lay down on the ground and cry because of how well represented it was.

[@CG-1423]

"I'm gonna play through the whole story." The whole story isn't even out yet. Also, if you're gonna start playing, I'd recommend very soon. Raiden Shogun is available and she is extremely good. (Also, kinda hot, but that's just a bonus for me.)

[@rkou6314]

I would shit on Genshin so much more if it wasn’t entirely playable for free. You get hundreds of hours of playtime and almost everything in the game is pretty easily doable without spending money, as well as an 11 hour OST.

[@buynaaradnaa2590]

Soon my brothers. Soon Asmon will play genshin. It's gonna be so much fun.

[@NaMe-zg9qs]

It's funny cos while character design does attract players i think the abilities matters way more than people think. if you look at yae who is extremely popular in terms of design and her character in story she as you would expect would make a lot of money. but her banner sales were kinda okay ish

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

Agreed. I personally mostly go fo male characters, but if a female is strong enough i could pull for her and build her for the abyss.

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

@glittergun yeah Alhaitham is so hot I'd play as him even if he healed enemies

[@Zhangjiajie425]

Her banner sold fine. Its just that this game has a specific few characters that will always make a banner a top seller. Its why almost every top selling banner is either that character, or that character getting a rerun. Yae just didnt have anyone that reran with her like venti, raiden, zhongli, xiao, etc

[@NaMe-zg9qs]

@@Zhangjiajie425 I did say her banner sales were okay ish. But not even then for one of the most popular characters didn't make much. Ayaka and Raiden over double during their single banners and not double. Also it arguable that on rerun less people will wish since cons are naturally less desirable. Difference between Yae and ayaka/Raiden isn't really design etc, it's meta

[@Zhangjiajie425]

@@NaMe-zg9qs Your point on reruns is just factual false. For example, if you look at the banner sales for CN IOS (which is the only data we actually have), all the top 10 banners (aside from 1, and the ayaka banner that was super extended) feature either an archon, or hutao/xiao/ganyu release/rerun. The Liyue characters will just sell more due to them being from the area China is based around. These characters are just more popular than the rest. Im on ayaka one trick, but her banner sales were almost identical to yae mikos. People had been waiting on Ayaka since before the game even launched, and she has one of the most popular JP VAs voicing/backing her. Of course she would do better.

[@IIIEPJIOK221b]

It's worth mentioning that There are traces of ancient ruins and rune from previous civilization that looks different than any 7 nations. One of the most dark and gorgeous location is Enkanomiya. It's not just new looking place, but a whole environment with unique features, runes, puzzles that only appear at night. And all of this, is carried with incredible background music which also alters depending on condition.

[@TheZevvy]

The most wow moments for me was when I first saw Liyue harbour (the most epic cityscape in the game), sailing to Seirai island (first time), the Chasm, the desert of Sumeru, and the underwater of Fontaine. Amazing game.

[@QMS9224]

The soundtrack to this game is also S tier

[@VoxAetherium]

If Asmon plays Genshin, I will for sure tune in. I've played Genshin for over a year now and man I should've played it a lot earlier at version 1.0, the thing is, at first I was skeptical at it because of the negative status thrown at it saying it's just a blatant knock-off of BOTW, I can say at the start yes you can say it's a copy of BOTW but now it just grew on to its own style. I'm just happy I gave it a try and now loving it thoroughly. The art style is amazing, the characters and designs are superb, the gameplay that revolves around elemental reactions are great but can still be improved upon and the soundtracks are phenomenal. I can say that I'll be playing Genshin until the end of it's story.

[@CelestialMelody]

Imagine Asmongold's reaction when he finds out that the game is even more deeper than that, especially the intricate details of the music, or the cinematics, the little details, flavor text, symbols and traces to be found in the world... oh boy~ The team making this trained on Honkai Impact for around a year if I remember correctly and Honkai is a masterpiece of its own with allot of depth and detail too in every media they create~

[@iskenderbey2458]

Combat in Honkai fucking goated man

[@RuneKatashima]

Funny thing is, I don't think the guy plays the game. He keeps saying Teyvyat but there's no second y and it's a clear pronunciation. He also shows Jean when talking about Hydro characters clearly referring to her. There's a few other mistakes as well. Edit: The first age group for Genshin is 30-35, then 14-18.

[@veilfonzogameplays]

This game is like no other. It's simply awe-inspiring and its visuals and OST's are some of the best of all the time. The gameplay is not as bad as some people make it out to be. It's actually pretty decent too.

[@armantwarokka6459]

Some would prob be surprised by how many kids/youngsters play this game. Yesterday I went to a funeral of a relative of mine and all the kids ranging from elementary to high school were huddled up together playing Genshin Impact. This shi crazy!

[@Psycorde]

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[@hehexd4574]

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[@evilmiyoho6742]

It's an addiction, they are teen ludopaths now.

[@saejurlan6279]

I hated Genshin, was one of those “it’s a copy of Breath of the Wild!” pests until I made such a comment and someone replied “don’t knock til you try”. I’m weak to that, and also I was in a deep depression so I took the bait. I’ve been playing for 767 days straight.

[@ThePhil-Osopher]

People said it was a BotW style game and I liked that game so I was like “sure I’d like to play more games like that” and I realize there was far more to this game than just that. And I might actually like it more than BotW now.

[@kk-cy3sz]

I was in the basketball team in high school but after trying genshin in college I don’t go outside now

[@Drayn_00]

I am a Genshin player and this Asmon video brings joy to me!❤

[@hugo-pg5tv]

Touch grass

[@catsouplover7745]

@@hugo-pg5tv 🤓

[@hugo-pg5tv]

@@catsouplover7745 no need to do a face reveal mate.

[@Gatrexx]

@@hugo-pg5tv 🤡

[@jasoncarnelian3325]

play what u wanna play man and dont let anyone stop u. But Genshin's monetary success is objectively bad for the long term health of the gaming industry. Have fun playing Genshin, but dont be surprised when your fellow gamers rightfully spurn you for your decision.

[@Ranulf13]

Sadisfactory when you build the Space elevator was my bigest wow Moment in gaming, i was in Awe.

[@Inuwoodx]

I like the Story and lore behind the Genshin Story. The Soundtrack is godlike! The gameplay is not really hard and the characters are mostly for your leisure. No character is really bad and you don't need a specific char to play the game like with other Gachas. If you like the anime style, the game is for you.

[@Pain-And-Gain]

Lore-wise, Genshin have the most rich and unique lore you can get from a video game, even a simple rock laying down the mountain have its own lore

[@hachikuji_mayoi]

THE ROCK

[@PaldenGyatsoYolmo]

He really should react to all the trailers and extra animations before playing the game, it will be really interesting to see what he thinks of it

[@agunemon]

Dude genshin IS a masterpiece! Its music itslef is AMAZING!

[@dyssoulation]

You're right AsmonG. The game is actually amazing in it's core elements. It's got everything you would expect from a AAA title except for the actual sustainable content which is behind paywalls (with characters and the way you farm their upgrade mats) Once the game is fully done (I wonder when that is) It has the potential to be the best anime style game in existence but here we are with all the pointless grinding and content-less lives roaming around and collecting random colored orbs in every region with absolutely no aim whatsoever. Combat is pretty darn good too but there is NO motivation to make your characters stronger because there is NO ENDGAME content. I've played it for a while and really enjoyed it but there's nothing that would pull me back to it unless they have an abyss upgrade or some sort of neutralized PVP. They'd have to balance a lot of things for that, but hey how long are they just going to keep releasing characters that do similar things? We can already beat the abyss with multiple teams :/ The music in the game is so incredible though. Everyone that plays this game just WISHES it was... More.

[@hachikuji_mayoi]

it's a pretty damn good game when the biggest complaint people have is that when you beat it you don't have things to do anymore lol

[@dancerdancer215]

the only problem of genshin is... no endgame content. you just wait while once in few months is released a new small region ..so you could explore it. and those dialogs... in last patch (Sumeru) it became a very aanoying thing. to much time it takes just to go through them. i'm playing from pc, its very annoying, and i cannot imagine how people are going through them on a smartphone. Game literally is transforming in "watching a series of animated movie"

[@ladderlappen4585]

actually it seems alot of girls around my age (24) play this game. learned about the game from a girl and met a few others. but i never met a freakn genshin bro to play with.

[@GranDutty11]

asmon community trying to be nice to a game besides wow is impossible lol

[@ian3523]

and this is only the visual aspects too, the lore, story and music, etc add a whole new layer to the game as well

[@sweepingtime]

They've been making movies about Journey to the West for decades. Stephen Chow, who probably everyone here knows from Kungfu Hustle, was the lead as Wukong in one of the best Wukong movies, surprisingly enough about love, A Chinese Odyssey. For all the globalisation we've gotten, it's so rare that we experience the TV and culture of one another.

[@jaeusa160]

"Play through the whole story like I did Final Fantasy" So... ~33%?

[@HeyItzRaiderZ]

With 3 remaining nations, khaenri'ah, and a slow, but somewhat steady story... Probably.

[@jaeusa160]

@@HeyItzRaiderZ My 33% was in reference to how much of FF14 he actually did if one considers completing Endwalker to be "whole". I don't know how you'd measure Genshin's %, we're at the bulk of 4/7 but 4/7 could easily be 4/8, and sometimes patches like Enkanomiya end up being relatively beefy lore bombs for some B Plots. With the way they've set things up 7.x seems like a minimum expectation.

[@dawnbreaker3107]

@@jaeusa160 he might do the entire story quest but I doubt he will waste his time collecting all the oculus from all the regions.

[@Lesterberne]

Asmon the combat in the late game is one of the best you can find in gaming btw! It’s pretty easy to get into but has so many layers

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

Agreed, the combat system is very good

[@Shinobia543]

Nah its complete garbage LOL

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

@@Shinobia543 are you a troll lmao Literally the most unbased take

[@d3m3nt3d_t3acup_]

Excellent combat, nothing to use that combat on. Only thing keeping Genshin from being a truly great game for me

[@Swagbastian]

@@d3m3nt3d_t3acup_ TRUE THO

[@skaze8653]

And then it's shit in gameplay design, enemy design, story, player progression, endgame content, and player convenience. The only other good thing it's the music

[@PoyoPoyomfs]

Gameplay wise i agree lmao i only come back to the game when there is a new quest (story)

[@WhispersFromTheStars]

It should be stressed that that video is already 9 months old. genshin's latest Sumeru area has been a huge improvement again, and the scene looks more harmonious and beautiful to me.

[@Hanabis924]

he didn't even go into the music.. which is a masterpiece as well

[@dinnyskips]

so fkn excited to watch asmon play this game

[@psd906]

Genshin has amazing lore, and its still in progress.

[@evilmiyoho6742]

Read more things, get more culture.

[@vitokoskullerx9345]

Yeah, the game has a good lore, but it feels copied from everywhere.